SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

We advise working with your legal and risk management to establish acceptable approaches to what could be problematic, what solutions will be explored and the timing. In normal times, your site selection process would include factoring in airlift, weather, meeting space, number of guestrooms, etc. Timing is everything.

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Contracts Site Selections 2022 Risk Management 116

Connect Your Meetings

JULY 18, 2019

With today’s headlines, risk management is on every event professional’s radar. The best way to take steps toward protecting your attendees in the case of emergency is to have a clear emergency management plan for each event you host. Ask your venue contact about existing risk management or emergency procedures already in place.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 11, 2023

Morals and politics aside, site selection in post-Roe America presents groups with new risk-management challenges, argues one industry lawyer. Abortion rights is an emotional and polarizing topic. As states enact new laws affecting those rights, a handful of groups have publicly changed their conference location in protest.

Risk Management 90

Risk Management Meetings Site Selections 2023 90

MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A new toolkit for employees at hotels, convention centers, and special-event venues can provide planners with deeper perspective on what to ask during site selection.

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Venues Site Selections Hotels Transportation 64

MeetingsNet

MARCH 28, 2023

For planners who want to include a venue’s power source in their site selection process, Julia Spangler, chief of sustainability consultancy Ecosystem Events, says that “the best source of information is the utility company connected to the venue. Similarly, the Los Angeles Convention Center has a 2.2-megawatt

Site Selections 105

Site Selections Sustainability Consulting Hotels 105

Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

One of the advantages of putting together a crisis communication plan (CCP) is how much it can actually relieve the pressure of managing an unknown (or even a known) safety incident. Alan Kleinfeld has more years in meeting management than he wants to admit, combined with nearly two decades of law enforcement experience.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Tanna Pearman, meeting broker for Las Vegas-based Meetings Made Easy, handles site selection and contracting for both corporate and association clients, which means her approach to building RFPs focuses on different elements of each meeting to match a given destination and its various hotels.

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Site Selections Hotels 2024 Negotiating 52

SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2019

Starting with our site selection, we can begin the process of helping to keep our attendees safer. Planners are used to being guided around a property by sales staff, banquet folks and conference serves managers. As a matter of fact, we even have the power to prevent or mitigate some of them. Include Safety at the Walk-Through.

Hotels 94

Hotels Site Selections Hospitality Venues 94

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

After earning her degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management and becoming an experienced leader in hotel sales, du Passage and two partners made the decision to launch Cypress Planning Group (CPG). Then those people can tell your story to someone else. Q: Is that also true for the events we plan?

2024 52

2024 Hospitality Tourism Site Selections 52

Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

What I do: I manage the department responsible for the production of our three large annual meetings, ranging from 200 to 2,000 attendees, as well as about six to eight smaller meetings. I manage everything from budgets to site selections to online registration to attendee communications.

2019 40

2019 Site Selections Sports 2021 40

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

With a personal network of relationships at the highest levels of premier hotel chains, resorts, boutique and independent hotels, and venues worldwide, she is an expert at navigating the nuances of site selection, contracts, and the details affecting cost and return on investment.

Contracts 57

Contracts Site Selections Hotels Entertainment 57

Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, 33, works in Silver Spring, Maryland, as senior manager of meetings and events at The Solid Waste Association of North America. I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. I am also the key contact for all partnered vendors.

2019 76

2019 Site Selections 2016 Contracts 76

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Alan Kleinfeld, has more years in meeting management then he wants to admit, combined with nearly two decades of law enforcement experience. His safety topics have included site selection, event safety, emergency operations and crisis communications. He’s a sought-after consultant, speaker, writer and trainer.

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2022 Meetings Site Selections Hotels 100

Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Natasha Stamper Pedigo, CMP, 38, works in Lexington, Kentucky, as a meeting planner and event manager at The Asphalt Institute. From site selection with our meetings task force to contracting, logistics planning, execution and post-event wrap-up—if it has to do with one of our meetings, I am there.

2019 81

2019 Site Selections Contracts Trade Shows 81

Master the Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Event, meeting and conference planners are responsible to organize and manage all parts of events, meetings and conferences. They are in charge and accountable for all the meeting specifics including site selection, meeting particulars, food & beverage, transportation, entertainment and really so much more.

Event Planning 40

Event Planning Food and Beverage Site Selections Negotiating 40

Coterie Spark

MAY 29, 2020

What differentiates your basic video conference call or webinar from a virtual event is the professional management and experiential enhancements. Just like our site selection process for in-person events, we’ve evaluated an obscene number of virtual platforms so that we can advise our clients on the best “venue” (i.e.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Entertainment Conference Venues 52

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

When it comes to site selection for future events, Gal-Yam is adding visa processing times to his checklist. “We Casey Gale is managing editor Convene. It would be hard to quantify it in dollars across the size of my membership, but it is a problem.”

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2023 Travel Site Selections Conference 97

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Below are some fact-driven insights that may help us manage expectations and find a way forward. Davis , CAE, managing director of member products for the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists: “ Mourning our dead dreams of what might have been and wrapping them in the shroud of ‘normal’ is not going to get us anywhere.

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2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues 111

Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

ELI runs a 10 week online course on Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Learning proper project management skills. Different people manage projects differently, and it’s critical to map out a game plan that properly manages client expectations with event deliverables. Keeping up with new software.

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Management Event Management Food and Beverage Site Selections 40

MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

Gallery Slide description: Works with businesses to design, plan, and manage corporate conferences, meetings, and events. Provides assistance with a specific task or manages the entire event. Gallery Slide description: Provides marketing, logistics, and management for events held at hotels. 01_Anna Marie Events.jpg. Media Image.

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Meetings Site Selections Social Media Corporate Meetings 81

Milestone Events Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Whether you are planning for 50 or 150, there are many details to juggle, and having some to assist as a designer, budget manager, coordinator, and much more can take the stress out of the process so you can enjoy it. A wedding planner can help to manage the budget. They’re Experts. Budget & Legal Contracts .

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Negotiating Site Selections Contracts Venues 52

Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 7, 2019

Bezdjian is also a former manager at Goldman Sachs, the financial giant he worked at for eight years. The second would concentrate on event operations, including site selection, site visits and day-of drama. Rob Bezdjian, president of Zaven Global, is a corporate events and incentive trips specialist.

Site Selections 65

Site Selections 2016 Advertising Financial 65

Milestone Events Group

DECEMBER 1, 2020

About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Venues Event Management Management 52

Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

Jim Clapes, 37, works in New York City as conference and events manager at the Drug Policy Alliance. What I do: I am directly responsible for the planning and management of the biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference, annual staff Retreat and 20 to 30 additional organizational events throughout the year.

2018 76

2018 Sponsorships Site Selections 2014 76

Milestone Events Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Venues Event Management Management 52

Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

From site selection to contract negotiations to content to speakers, managing all the countless elements included in planning a conference can leave a planner with zero time to address and succeed at all those other responsibilities. Wondering how to plan a conference?

Conference Planning 40

Conference Planning Conference Site Selections Negotiating 40

Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

After fifteen years managing a talent agency Terry L. Quick started ENTCO International and it quickly grew to include special event production, destination management, site selection, conference organization and contract negotiation. Conference Planning Seattle – ENTCO International.

Conference Planning 40

Conference Planning Conference Hospitality Site Selections 40

Milestone Events Group

APRIL 15, 2020

About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County. Sit, back, relax and enjoy the movie!!! .

2021 52

2021 Site Selections Venues Technology 52

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Previously, she was director of sales and revenue at The Joule in Dallas as well as reservations and revenue manager at The Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Florida, and The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market.

Hotels 58

Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 58

Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The cash accounting method measures business activity when payment is made or received, just like managing your personal check book. You provide site selection services to a client, for which the venue pays you a commission. Course Domains: D: Financial Management. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals Certificate.

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Site Selections Financial Consulting 2020 80

Milestone Events Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

After that, we suggest you and your guests take full advantage of the great locally grown and produced wines that your site has to offer.

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Site Selections Venues Event Management Management 52

Milestone Events Group

JANUARY 13, 2021

About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County. Wedding Wire .

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Site Selections Venues Event Management Management 52

Milestone Events Group

JULY 29, 2020

About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County.

Negotiating 52

Negotiating Venues Site Selections Event Management 52

Milestone Events Group

DECEMBER 9, 2020

About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County. Explore through real wedding images for examples, inspiration, and advice. . .

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Site Selections Venues Event Management Management 52

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 24, 2017

The experts at venue sourcing and event management company Conference Care have some suggestions (and a detail checklist) for making the most of these essential tours. Think about whether you will be able to comfortably manage the number of delegates in the venue.”. Evaluate Access. Eat the Cake. Food should never be an afterthought.

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Site Selections Negotiating Conference Venues 75

Connect Your Meetings

MAY 23, 2017

HelmsBriscoe COO Greg Malark came to the events management company 15 years ago. It’s also the hallmark of a company celebrating its 25th anniversary this year as one of the industry’s leading site-selection agencies. While that would make Malark a lifer at some organizations, he’s a relative newbie at HelmsBriscoe. “We

Site Selections 75

Site Selections Negotiating Hotels Conference 75

Milestone Events Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

About the author: Milestone Events Group is Northern California’s most experienced Wine Country Wedding Experts & largest event management company providing site selection services to multiple locations throughout Sonoma County. Whichever you choose, we know it will be delicious! .

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